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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 01, 2003
Filed:
Dec. 27, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
Thomas J. Bucholz, Sanford, MI (US);
David E. King, Freeland, MI (US);
Donald D Albrecht, Saginaw, MI (US);
Theodore Glenn Seeger, Saginaw, MI (US);
Jeffery Alan Zuraski, Saginaw, MI (US);
Assignee:
Delphi Technologies, Inc., Troy, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B23F 2/116 ; B26D 1/12 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B23F 2/116 ; B26D 1/12 ;
Abstract
A hob cutter includes a cutting portion and an abrading portion in mechanical communication with the cutting portion. The cutting portion includes a plurality of hob teeth having at least one gash extending therethrough to define a cutting face on a front of each hob tooth and a trailing face on a back of each hob tooth. The abrading portion includes a plurality of abrading teeth positioned adjacent to each other. Both the hob teeth and the abrading teeth are continuously formed and helically arranged.